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    Let's play sex the silkie!

    I would say #1 pullet, #2 roo and #3 I am a little unsure of, but leaning roo. The reason I say roo on #2 is because of his comb. Both my white silkie roos looked exactly like that at around 8 weeks. We ordered 5 female buff silkies April 9th and a female splash April 23rd and their combs...
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    Silkie sexing

    Here are my silkies. I have the 2 white roosters, my 5 buff pullers and my Splash who is also supposed to be a pullet. Time will tell though.
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    Silkie sexing

    Yes, you have 4 roosters there.
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    Silkie sexing

    Yeah we had 2 white silkies that we swore were pullets because of their behavior and not seeing too many other characteristics of Roos. Both turned out roosters and now that we have put our buffs outside with them they are so sweet to them. Our Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock are little turds...
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    Silkie sexing

    The only one I feel confident on answering is your buff. It is definitely a cockerel. I have 5 buff silkies that were sexed female that are also about 10 weeks. All 5 look different than yours. There is no growth where yours has a comb starting and the "poof" on the top of their heads are...
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    So Confused....

    I should add that we believe his dad was a white silkie and mom was a black.
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    So Confused....

    We have 2 white silkie roosters that were hatched December 23rd. So they are about 24 weeks old. Both are white. When they hatched one was more yellowish and one was more grey. The last few days I started to notice these black "patches" on Gandalf, the one who was more grey, but turned pure...
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    11 week old silkie

    Just wanted to post an updated picture of our boy at 16 weeks 2 days.
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    silkie sexing

    We ordered from MPC. Although it isn't 100%, they vent sex them when they hatch. We already have 2 white silkie roos and a bantam cochin roo. We only have a RIR hen and a Barred Rock hen so we figured it was worth the extra cost to give us better chances at getting girls. They have a pretty...
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    silkie sexing

    Yes. Both turned out to be boys. We ordered 5 female "blue" silkies that are due to hatch tomorrow. Fingers crossed shipping goes well.
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    Help!!!! New silkie looks like it's trying to poop but can't

    Yeah I knew that about them. We used them specifically because we only have 2 hens currently and 3 roosters so we wanted them to be sexed. We know that isn't 100%, but we figured it would give us better chances of getting girls. They were shipped around 230 Monday afternoon and my post office in...
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    Help!!!! New silkie looks like it's trying to poop but can't

    Unfortunately, you were right. I told my kids she wasn't looking good and that I didn't expect her to make the night. Her breathing started to become more labored and when I got up around 430 the next morning she was gone. Thanks for the advice though. I will keep it all in mind.
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    Help!!!! New silkie looks like it's trying to poop but can't

    I got my order of silkies from mpc this morning. 3 did not make the trip and I have just 1 splash left. They were hatched yesterday. She looks like she is trying to poop, but can't. Like I can see her pushing her bottom. I have seen some liquid/poop come out her bottom. I've used warm on her...
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    11 week old silkie

    both of their combs are getting more of that mulberry color to them as they grow out. One has that lighter color on his beak, but the others is black. They both have black skin...all the way down to their toenails. When they open their beaks and you can see in their mouths...it too is black...
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    11 week old silkie

    We are pretty positive they are both roos. They haven't crowed, but have started getting streamers and their combs have gotten a bit bigger. We just ordered 5 silkie pullets from MPC and they are due to hatch 4-2.
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